> $2.12???? And you want sympathy?
>
> Try living in the UK.....It's knocking on for £4 a gallon. Or about $6.40

Well, yeah... but... you don't have NEARLY as far to drive as we do.
If I drove as far in the UK as it takes to see family here, I'd need a
fifty-fathom snorkel and I'd end up in France.

> True...I have been to the US and the distances are inherently larger. What is
the average distance to work, i.e. the most common journey, however? I'm sure it
isn't 400 miles. I imagine up to 30 miles is more likely, which is the same as
the UK.

Does give one a new respect for the drivers of those V-12 Jags and Rolls
over there, though.

> They really dont impress me at all. There is enough *shit* going into the
environment without people driving unnecessarily large-engined cars. Nothing
sounds as good as a V-8, I know, but its about time we started to look ahead.
Cars with engine capacities around 1.2 litres can manage to do 80MPH all day
long - is there a need to go any faster?

<my environmental mode is permanently on>

Dan

Buying gas ('scuse me, "petrol") for those shows not
just money, but intestinal fortitude as well.

Dale
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new
discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny ..."
-- Isaac Asimov